Washington's third-period pressure paid off with 5:28 remaining, when Alzner
scored. John Carlson sent a pass from the right corner to the slot, and
Alzner's slapshot was deflected before getting by Thomas, who was screened.

The Capitals appeared to gain some energy from the goal and their pressure
intensified over the last few minutes; however, Boston's defense prevented
Washington from getting many quality looks at the net.

Neuvirth skated off with about 45 seconds to play, and Washington's best
chance came just after a faceoff with about 14 ticks on the clock. Alex
Ovechkin was left free just to the left of the slot and got the puck with a
clear path to the goal. However, Thomas stuffed Ovechkin's backhand try, and
the Bruins needed to make one final clear before the clock ran out.

Despite having to make so many saves in the third period, Thomas said the
consistent pressure might have actually helped.

"I didn't really have time to think too much about it, or at least I didn't
over-think it, which is a good thing," Thomas said.

Boston built a 3-0 lead in the first period. Bergeron lit the lamp at the 3:27
mark, and about five minutes later Andrew Ference scored his first of the
season. Wheeler gave the Bruins the three-goal edge on a snap shot with 2:57
to play.

Matt Bradley got the Capitals on the board 2:18 into the second period, but by
that point they were already facing an enormous challenge.

"The first point [head coach Bruce Boudreau] talked about today before the
game was being ready, they're going to come out hard. Then we go out and do
that in the first period," Bradley said. "They're too good of a team to give
them a 3-0 lead."

Game Notes

Boston won the season series, 3-1-0. It is the first time the Bruins have won
a season series against the Capitals since 2006-07, when they swept the four
games...Washington has scored 11 goals during its eight-game slide.